Meanwhile, in the Southern Hemisphere… [yes, Gaia is fighting back]

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle : Image of the Day

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle

On June 4, 2011, a fissure opened in Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex, sending ash 45,000 feet (14,000 meters) into the air.

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle : Image of the Day

Volcano erupts in Chile – The Big Picture – Boston.com

The eruption of the Puyehue volcano in the Andes mountains of southern Chile last weekend provided some spectacular images of the force of nature. Ash covers the landscape and thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding rural communities. The volcano, which hasn’t been active since 1960 when it erupted after an earthquake, sent its plume of ash 6 miles high across Argentina and toward the Atlantic Ocean. — Lloyd Young (33 photos total)

Volcano erupts in Chile – The Big Picture – Boston.com

Move The New Hampshire Primary To Massachusetts | ThinkProgress

Move The New Hampshire Primary To Massachusetts | ThinkProgress

Massachusetts is substantially bigger than New Hampshire, but it’s only a bit larger than Iowa or South Carolina. What’s more, campaigning effectively in New Hampshire already required buying TV ads in the Boston media market in order to reach people in Nashua.

If Massachusetts replaced New Hampshire as New England’s entrant into the primary campaign sweepstakes, then we’d probably see candidates saying something about traffic jams, mass transit, regional planning, etc. instead of all farms all the time.

Move The New Hampshire Primary To Massachusetts | ThinkProgress

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